GIMME: Easy phoning while you drive
Keep your eyes on the road with these car accessories for mobile phones
Mount mastery Car mounts for phones started off being clunky, but there is now a solid selection of neat and low-profile ones that keep your phone where it needs to be — especially if you’re using it as a GPS navigator. Kenu is a Californian company that specialises in mounts and stands for mobiles. Locally you can buy them from the iStore, as well as from takealot.com and loot.co.za. The Airframe is the company’s signature mount. The normal Airframe fits devices of up to 5 inches, and the Airframe+ is suitable for phablet-type devices such as the iPhone 8 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S8+. This mount holds onto your car’s air vents on the dash with strong plastic grips in a four-finger structure designed to work with most vent configurations. The spring in the phone grip section is sturdy and cushioned, and keeps a nice hold without looking as if it will crush your device. Airframe models start at around R300. Jabber away The Jabra Drive is a bluetooth-enabled, in-car speaker that lets y...
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